"What in the World?" #4 (1955 circa)
Category: Produced Film
Length: 28:33
| Film ID | F16-4003 |
| Film Description | "What in the World" 4 UPMAA WCAU TV (CBS, Philadelphia) Froelich Rainey 1. Sepik river crocodile, the ghost cult. It was part of a men's house, a ghost host. 2. Two headed hippopotomus, limestone, 1st century bc- 1 century ad. Egyptian. [Brooklyn Museum]. 3. Baoulé [Baule] mask, Ivory Coast, west Africa. 19th century. 4. Chipped flint spear point, Sweden/Scandinavia, Neolithic period, 10,000-5,000 bc. 5. Crocodile head (?) made of volcanic stone, Costa Rica 12-15 centuries ad. [PMA collections] 6. Pottery effigy jar, human with a hunched back. Cocle, Panama, dated 14th -15th century ad. Features guests: Carlton Coon, (artist) Jacques Lipchitz and (actor/art collector) Vincent Price. |
| Video Category | Produced Film |
| Topics | Game shows, Archaeology, Artifacts, Artifact identification, Rainey, Froelich, Lipschitz, Jacques, Price, Vincent, Penn Museum, University Museum |
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